Propofol : Pro- or anticonvulsant?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology, Supplement

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Borgeat, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics intravenous, propofol; Anti convulsants; Brain, convulsions, electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; PROPOFOL; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031132986     PISSN: 09521941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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